An historic marker for the Nashville Y.M.C.A. that reads: “On this site in the Christian Church the Nashville Young Men’s Christian Association was organized May 18, 1875. Its first building, erected 1886 on Church between Cherry and College, was...

A Spring of 1937 photograph of the East Nashville High School baseball squad, Nashville, Tennessee. The verso lists the names of the players and coach: (sitting) Weaver, Tanksley, Cothern, Gonzales, Bohan, Voorhies, Martin; (standing) Demrick,...

A photograph of the Nashville Ramblers basketball team, 1922-23. The Y.M.C.A. Ramblers were basketball competitors and won the championships several times in the early 20th century. The Nashville Ramblers were a city rival of Vanderbilt. Forms part...

An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville lawyer and judge alfred Thompson Adams, conducted on 16 September 1980 by Leanne Thornton as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Oral History Project. Adams, who served Nashville as...

A photograph of The Wallace University School baseball squad, Nashville, Tennessee, between 1914 and 1933. This university preparatory school was founded in 1886 by headmaster Clarence B. Wallace, who had earned his M. A. at the University of...

An excerpt from an oral history interview with Corinne Frazier Calhoun Bailey, conducted on 14 February 1982 by Ophelia Paine as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Oral History Project. Bailey, who was the daughter of Tyler Calhoun, a Nashville...

An aerial view of the Tennessee State Fairgrounds, circa 1958. The fairgrounds, located approx. one mile south of downtown Nashville, opened in 1891 as Cumberland Park. The park was built as a harness racing track with a grandstand that seated...

An aerial view of the Tennessee State Fairgrounds, circa 1958. The fairgrounds, located approx. one mile south of downtown Nashville, opened in 1891 as Cumberland Park. The park was built as a harness racing track with a grandstand that seated...

An aerial view of the Tennessee State Fairgrounds, circa 1958. The fairgrounds, located approx. one mile south of downtown Nashville, opened in 1891 as Cumberland Park. The park was built as a harness racing track with a grandstand that seated...

An aerial view of the Tennessee State Fairgrounds, circa 1958. The fairgrounds, located approx. one mile south of downtown Nashville, opened in 1891 as Cumberland Park. The park was built as a harness racing track with a grandstand that seated...

An aerial view of the Tennessee State Fairgrounds, circa 1958. The fairgrounds, located approx. one mile south of downtown Nashville, opened in 1891 as Cumberland Park. The park was built as a harness racing track with a grandstand that seated...

An aerial view of the Tennessee State Fairgrounds, circa 1958. The fairgrounds, located approx. one mile south of downtown Nashville, opened in 1891 as Cumberland Park. The park was built as a harness racing track with a grandstand that seated...

An aerial view of the Tennessee State Fairgrounds, circa 1958. The fairgrounds, located approx. one mile south of downtown Nashville, opened in 1891 as Cumberland Park. The park was built as a harness racing track with a grandstand that seated...

An aerial view of the Tennessee State Fairgrounds, circa 1958. The fairgrounds, located approx. one mile south of downtown Nashville, opened in 1891 as Cumberland Park. The park was built as a harness racing track with a grandstand that seated...

An aerial view of the Tennessee State Fairgrounds, circa 1958. The fairgrounds, located approx. one mile south of downtown Nashville, opened in 1891 as Cumberland Park. The park was built as a harness racing track with a grandstand that seated...

An aerial view of the Tennessee State Fairgrounds, circa 1958. The fairgrounds, located approx. one mile south of downtown Nashville, opened in 1891 as Cumberland Park. The park was built as a harness racing track with a grandstand that seated...

An aerial view of the Tennessee State Fairgrounds, circa 1958. The fairgrounds, located approx. one mile south of downtown Nashville, opened in 1891 as Cumberland Park. The park was built as a harness racing track with a grandstand that seated...

A view of the Tennessee State Fairgrounds, September 10th, 1961. The Tennessee State Fair, located approximately 2 miles south of downtown Nashville, has been held every year since 1906, with the exception of a four-year span during World War II. ...

A view of the NASCAR 100-mile race at the Fairgrounds Speedway on August 10th, 1958. This was when the Grand National series came to the Nashville Fairgrounds’ half-mile asphalt oval. Rex White grabbed the pole in the 200-lap race but ended up...

A view of the NASCAR 100-mile race at the Fairgrounds Speedway on August 10th, 1958. This was when the Grand National series came to the Nashville Fairgrounds’ half-mile asphalt oval. Rex White grabbed the pole in the 200-lap race but ended up...